CLEs You Actually Want to Hear

Receivership and bankruptcy are often the two paths forward for a distressed business or property, and sometimes both apply at once. Byron Z. Moldo, Partner and Chair of Receivership, Bankruptcy, and Creditors' Rights Services at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP, and Kyra E. Andrassy, Partner at Raines Feldman Littrell LLP, join Hon. Victoria S. Kaufman of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central Distric...

The federal immigration enforcement landscape has shifted dramatically in 2025 and 2026, creating urgent and counseling challenges for attorneys representing noncitizen clients. In this program, Sergio Perez of Franco Law Group surveys the developments practitioners need to understand right now, from the IRS and ICE data sharing framework and its implications for ITIN filers, to civil penalty and...

The rules of success have changed. Three forces are redefining legal careers: AI, business complexity, and higher client expectations. Technical excellence has now become simply the price of admission, but today's most successful lawyers are valued for far more than legal expertise. Whether you practice in-house or at a law firm, your ability to build trust, communicate strategically, influence de...

When a trust or estate holds real property, the question of whether to sell, retain, lease, or distribute comes up early. It is rarely the decision that matters most. Mark Cianciulli, Esq., CPA, Founder and Broker at The CREM Group, works through the earlier questions counsel should be raising: the scope of the fiduciary's authority, the duty to investigate a known condition, the status of an occu...

Presiding Judge Robert Rassp, who was instrumental in the passage of Labor Code Section 4062.4, will examine Medical-Legal Quality Assurance Checklists in anticipation of medical-legal physician compliance with new Labor Code Section 4062.4. What does this statute mean and how does it affect your workers’ compensation law practice? You will learn about the checklists, who wrote them, and how to us...

CCP §664.6 provides for courts dismissing cases but retaining jurisdiction for enforcement of settlements and contains special provisions for probate and family law cases where real estate transfers often take place. Recent changes meant to clarify or simplify this process may also pose issues that complicate the settlement process and require careful attention to detail that may affect the settle...

Since May 2026, immigration courts have increasingly relied on "mega master" calendar hearings, high-volume master calendar dockets in which dozens, and sometimes hundreds, of respondents are scheduled for a single hearing, to move large numbers of cases quickly. The rapid pace of these proceedings has resulted in many noncitizens receiving in absentia removal orders after missing their hearing or...

A growing number of litigators are quietly using AI to prepare sharper deposition outlines in a fraction of the time, surface contradictions across testimony in real time, and generate impeachment-ready analysis before opposing counsel even orders the transcript. The rest are still doing it the way they learned in their first year, and the gap is widening fast. Karl Seelbach, litigator, Doyle & Se...

Motions for summary judgment can serve multiple purposes short of a straightforward, embattled "win." In fact, the most favorable outcome possible with a motion for summary judgment is to end the case with no contest, due to an opponent's prudent election to stand down. This means that the drafter of a motion for summary judgment needs to keep in mind that the intended audience is not only the jud...

This program will guide attendees through a variety of reasons why emotional intelligence matters in an ethical legal field and how to apply the principles of emotional intelligence within a healthy law practice. Attorneys will learn the tenets of emotional intelligence, understand how to apply those principles to best practices within a legal practice, and review recent case law in which the ethi...

Producers, studios, and creatives face the same question on every project: when does putting someone else’s trademark on screen require a license, and what legal and business risks should be considered in deciding whether to proceed without one? Serene Ateek and Tatev Hovhannisyan of Sheppard walk through the anatomy of a trademark infringement claim and the defenses available to TV and film produ...

There were no statutory changes to the California Evidence Code in 2025. The courts made up for it. Eileen A. Scallen, Professor of Practice at UCLA School of Law and co-author of the California Evidence Courtroom Manual, walks through the year's most consequential rulings and what they mean for trial practice. The program covers the retroactivity of Section 352.2 and the admissibility of creative...

Judge Lawrence Riff, Supervising Judge of the Civil Division of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, will provide an overview of the Court’s new General Order concerning new requirements for CCP 170.6 challenges, the Court’s new XLIT 035 form, the J.O. v. Superior Court of San Joaquin County California Supreme Court opinion permitting judicial inquiry into possible bad-faith blanket challenge...

Film and television production incentives are shifting fast, and the choices made about where to shoot now carry real financial and legal weight. This program breaks down how production incentive programs work across the United States and internationally, including tax credits, rebates, and the qualifying rules that determine whether a production captures the value it expects. Audio versions of Be...

What happens when the manager of a business firm is not human? Robert J. Rhee, Professor of Law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, examines the next frontier: agentic AI as a legally recognized manager of partnerships and limited liability companies. Drawing on Philip K. Dick's prescient vision of androids navigating a human world, Professor Rhee frames the central question for bus...

The skills of a successful litigator share significant overlap with those of a successful Dungeons and Dragons player. Knowing the rules, Developing plans, reading the room, adapting strategy when a plan collapses, and persuading others to follow your lead are as central to litigation as they are to a night of Dungeons and Dragons. This program uses the mechanics and storytelling of the game to te...

The law says that animals are vermin, pests, specimen, livestock, endangered species, or if you're lucky a companion animal, and above all as property with no rights of their own. But the ecological and cultural reality is much different: animals are sentient beings, individual souls, sacred entities, even kin or ancestors to some. Grant Wilson, Executive Director of Earth Law Center, will explore...

In-house legal teams are expected to do more with fewer resources. AI has the potential to improve productivity, but with hundreds of tools on the market and constant headlines, it can be difficult to know where to begin. This practical session helps in-house counsel cut through the noise and make informed decisions about where AI can add real value. Rather than focusing on the latest tools, we’ll...

Disability determinations sit at the heart of workers compensation law, yet the distinctions between injury, impairment, and disability trip up practitioners at every stage of a claim. This program provides an overview of the determination of disability, including basic vocabulary and foundational concepts necessary to understand how disability is evaluated, discussed, and contested in workers' co...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) introduced significant changes affecting employers, employees, and their advisors, including the widely publicized federal deductions for qualified tips and qualified overtime compensation. But the legislation raises broader questions regarding payroll administration, tax reporting, wage-and-hour compliance, and employer implementation. Audio versions of Beve...

Cumulative trauma claims have surged in California's workers' compensation system, and understanding the forces behind that trend is increasingly essential for practitioners. This program examines the sharp rise in cumulative trauma filings in recent years and explores the relationship between that increase and the widespread adoption of remote appearances in workers' compensation proceedings. Aud...

Judicial opinions often present themselves as the product of neutral legal analysis, but the reasoning embedded in landmark decisions can encode gender and racial bias while maintaining an appearance of objectivity. This program examines how courts employ enthymematic reasoning, arguments built on unstated premises that audiences are invited to accept as self-evident, to naturalize value judgments...

More and more business owners and companies are being subjected to ADA claims. Knowing key defenses and strategies can not only mitigate damages but win it for you and your client. Join Matthew Kenefick, Jeffer Mangels & Mitchell LLP and Hillary Johns, Hillary Johns, Trial Lawyer, in a panel discussion as Matt Kenfick discusses claims, defenses and strategies so that you can protect your clients....

As animals take on increasingly prominent roles in branding and marketing, the legal tools available to protect their commercial identities matter. The right of publicity and right of privacy apply only to persons, leaving animal performers exposed to unauthorized use of their name, image, and likeness. Trademark law fills that gap. Registered under the Lanham Act, a trademark can protect an anima...

This discussion will explore how proven negotiation and de-escalation strategies from FBI crisis negotiation and military leadership can be applied to the practice of law. Through a conversation with Judge Alan Honeycutt, an FBI-trained crisis negotiator, military leader, and judicial officer, and moderated by Neda Saghafi of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP, attendees will gain practical insights int...